Re: [RFC 1/3] flow_compile: introduce textual flow rule compiler

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Wed, May 06, 2026 at 08:46:32AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Wed, 6 May 2026 09:06:22 +0100
> Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > > 
> > > Dependencies are limited to rte_ethdev and rte_net; no
> > > librte_cmdline, no flex/bison, no platform-specific headers.
> > > The grammar follows testpmd's syntax so familiar rules carry
> > > over and is documented in the programmer's guide.
> > >   
> > Was there a particular reason to avoid using flex/bison here, or did their
> > use just not make sense? In general I would prefer using code-generation
> > tools where possible rather than maintaining (metaphorically) hand-written code.
> > 
> > /Bruce
> 
> As long as we are willing to accept flex/bison as build dependency,
> it would make sense to use it.

Google search points to https://github.com/lexxmark/winflexbison as
available ports for Windows, so I see no issue with making these build
dependencies.

/Bruce